Cucina di Vincenzo is a family run Italian restaurant at 256 Woolton Road in Childwall. It describes the dining room as a home away from home, an idea reflected in warm service and a setting made for shared time with family and friends. Private event space also allows the restaurant to host larger celebrations.
Classic Italian cooking is built around fresh, carefully selected ingredients. Pasta dishes can include rigatoni with slow cooked ragù, orecchiette with fennel sausage and Calabrian nduja, lobster ravioli and homemade lasagne. Familiar combinations are handled with enough detail to make the food feel personal rather than generic.
The menu extends through seafood, chicken, lamb and beef, with fish and vegetable choices providing contrast to the pasta. Vegetarian and vegan preparations are marked where appropriate, but guests with allergies should speak with staff because recognised allergens are handled in the kitchen. Seasonal specials can introduce additional produce and dishes.
Tiramisu, panna cotta and changing house desserts offer a traditional finish, accompanied by Italian wine, coffee and after dinner drinks. The restaurant is equally comfortable serving a casual lunch or a carefully paced evening. Cucina di Vincenzo’s identity rests on family hospitality, confident classics and the pleasure of gathering around Italian food.
Address: 256 Woolton Road, Childwall, Liverpool L16 8NE, United Kingdom
Cucina di Vincenzo Menu
Stuzzichini
Artisan bread
Extra virgin olive oil, aged balsamic vinegar
Mixed marinated olives
Antipasti
Frittura di Calamari e Gamberi
Crispy fried fresh calamari and king prawns with garlic and lemon mayonnaise
Carpaccio di Manzo
Thinly sliced rare fillet of beef, rocket, aged parmesan shavings, toasted walnuts, balsamic, truffle oil
Prosciutto e Formaggio Fritto
Fried goats cheese, Parma ham, rocket, truffle honey, sun blushed tomatoes
Arancini Zafferano
Fried saffron risotto balls filled with lightly smoked scamorza cheese, spicy arrabbiata sauce
Polpette al Sugo
Beef meatballs in a rich slow cooked tomato sauce, artisan toast
Capesante Saltate in Padella
Pan fried scallops, field mushrooms, white wine, fresh chilli, garlic, artisan toast
Burrata al Pesto
Creamy burrata cheese, basil pesto, confit cherry tomatoes, toasted artisan bread
Bruschetta Classica
Artisan toast, cherry tomatoes, garlic, basil, oregano, extra virgin olive oil (add Burrata – 4)
Crocchetta di Pesce
White crab and king prawn fishcakes, house tartare sauce
Pasta
Risotto di Mare
Scallops, prawns, monkfish, cherry tomatoes, garlic, brandy
Ravioli all’ Astice
Fresh egg pasta ravioli filled with lobster, cherry tomatoes, prawns, white wine, cream
Calamarata Amalfi
Fresh egg pasta, scallops, prawns, calamari, chilli, garlic, tomato, Amalfi lemon panko breadcrumb
Maccheroni Vincenzo
Italian fennel sausage, spicy Calabrian ‘nduja, pomodoro sauce, pecorino Romano cheese
Spaghetti Pomodoro
Cherry tomatoes, garlic, basil, extra virgin olive oil (add Burrata – 4)
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Crispy smoked pancetta, egg yolk, Pecorino Romano cheese, black pepper, dash of cream
Lasagne al Forno
Fresh egg pasta sheets, oven baked with bechamel and Bolognese sauce, mozzarella, parmesan
Carne
Chateaubriand
(500gm for 2 guests carved at the table) Classic centre cut fillet of beef, served with chilli & garlic tenderstem broccoli, truffle fries, chargrilled beef tomato, rocket & parmesan, peppercorn sauce
Cotoletta di Pollo alla Milanese
Crispy panko crumbed chicken fillet, pan fried in butter, olive oil, garlic & rosemary, rocket and parmesan (add spaghetti pomodoro – 4)
Aged Ribeye Steak (285gm)
200 day grain finished Black Angus beef, chargrilled, broccoli, peppercorn sauce
Filleto Mare e Monte
9oz fillet of beef, Argentinean red prawns, peas and pancetta, garlic butter
Vitello ai Funghi Porcini
Veal escalope, porcini cream sauce, green beans
Pesce
Sogliola in Padella
Pan fried lemon sole, caper, white wine, lemon butter sauce, tenderstem broccoli
Piatto di Pesce
Mixed platter of Seabass fillets, grilled calamari, king scallop gratinate, samphire
Insalate
Cesare di Pollo
Classic chicken Caesar salad, baby gem lettuce, warm chargrilled chicken breast, crunchy croutons, Caesar dressing & parmesan shavings
Contorni
Skinny Fries
Broccoli
chilli, garlic & olive oil
Parmesan & Truffle Oil Fries
Roast Potatoes
Rosemary & parmesan
Mixed Leaf Salad
Green Beans
chilli, garlic & olive oil
Dolci
Tiramisu
Savoiardi biscuits, mascarpone cream cheese, espresso coffee, Amaretto liqueur
Chocolate Torta (GF)
Warm, rich and gooey with vanilla ice cream
Gabriella’s Bakewell Slice (n)
Deli lockdown favourite with vanilla ice cream… say no more for those in the know!
Affogato al Caffe (GF)
Vanilla ice cream, espresso coffee, Amaretto liqueur
Assorted ice cream
Cannoli Siciliani (n)
Shells of fried pastry, filled with a creamy sweet ricotta cheese, dipped in pistachio nuts
Aragostine Pastries (n)
Why not have one of these with your coffee, (ask your server for todays’ filling)
Bevande Calde
Espresso
Espresso Doppio
Espresso Macchiato
Espresso Doppio Macchiato
Americano
Flat White
Latte Macchiato
Cappuccino
Liquori
Amaretto Saliza – Italy
Strega – Italy
Kahlua – Mexico
Cointreau – France
Drambuie – Scotland
Bicerin (Gianduja Chocolate) – Italy (GF) (DF)
Baileys – Ireland
Digestivi
Amaro Averna – Sicily, Italy
Amaro Del Capo – Calabria, Italy
Amaro Montenegro – Bologna, Italy
Fernet Branca – Lombardy, Italy
Taylors Port
Limoncello – Campania, Italy
Sambuca – Lazio, Italy
Dessert Wine
Moscato D’Asti DOCG ‘101’ – Ca’ Del Baio
(Piedmont) (100% Moscato). Wonderful sweet wine to be enjoyed as an aperitivo or with dessert. Brilliant straw yellow, animated by fine, persistent bubbles. Intense and aromatic with fruity notes reminiscent of apricots and linden blossom. Sweet, gentle, good acidity with a fresh and persistent aftertaste.
Lina – Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Passito DOC – Stefano Antonucci
(Marche) (100% Verdicchio). This stunning Passito is dedicated to Stefanos mother Lina. Overripened Verdicchio grapes are pressed and fermented in steel before spending time being refined and finished in wood casks. Scents of tropical fruit and spices on the nose with a rich, deep, sweet and rounded alcoholic viscosity.
Muffato Della Sala – Castello Della Sala – Antinori
(Umbria) (Sauvignon Blanc, Grechetto, Traminer, Semillon, Riesling). Niccolò Antinori bought the fourteenth-century Castello della Sala in 1940, to provide a source of white wines to match the excellence of his Tuscan reds. Light whole-bunch pressing of the grapes are followed by fermentation for eighteen days at 17C. The wine is then transferred to French oak barrels where it is aged for six months before blending and bottling. Rich and complex aromas are followed on the palate by ripe citrus fruits with hints of honeysuckle and spice.
Grappa
Tre soli Tre 2009 – Berta
43% – (Piedmont). This grappa made from the Nebbiolo grape is aged on wood and is overwhelming with great personality. Splendid concert of sensations in which the mature fruit (blackcurrant, apricot, marasca cherries), cocoa and the vanilla stand out.
Oltre Il Vallo (Beyond the Wall) – Berta
43% – (Piedmont). A fine grappa, aged in casks of single malt Scotch whisky, from the ancient and finest Scottish distilleries of Lagavulin, Caol Ila and Mortlach.
Amarosa di Dicembre – Jacopo Poli
40% – (Veneto) (100% Vespaiolo). A young grappa, very smooth with its aroma of sweet raisins, prunes, apricots and dried figs.
Barili di Sassicaia – Jacopo Poli
40% – (Veneto) (Grape must of Tenuta San Guido, Bolgheri, Tuscany). Majestic like the famous avenues of cypresses of Bolgheri in Tuscany. Aged in oak barrels where the world-famous wine Sassicaia was refined. Its aroma recalls a basket of toasted hazelnuts, peanuts and dark chocolate.
Turriga – Argiolas
42% – (Sardinia) (Cannonau, Carignano, Bovale Sardo, Malvasia Nera). Distilled from the grape must of the mighty cult wine Turriga, featured in our cellar selection. Very light flowery nose, aromatic, soft and persistent on the palate. The lack of aging in wood, allows the grapes to shine.